{"id":5772,"date":"2009-09-26T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T15:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/abc-college-football-handicapping-iowa-vs-penn-state\/"},"modified":"2009-09-26T10:18:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-26T15:18:00","slug":"abc-college-football-handicapping-iowa-vs-penn-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/abc-college-football-handicapping-iowa-vs-penn-state\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC College Football Handicapping: Iowa vs Penn State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Iowa Hawkeyes and the Penn State Nittany Lions will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Beaver Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Nittany Lions listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the Hawkeyes, while the game’s total is sitting at 41. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Adam Robinson rushed for 101 yards and a score in Week 3 as Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> pulled out a 27-17 win over Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Hawkeyes managed to cover the 4.5-point spread at home in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the day’s posted total (41.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Daryll Clark was good for two TD strikes in Week 3 as Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> rolled to a 31-6 win over Temple<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Nittany Lions failed to cover the big 29.5-point spread in that contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the day’s posted total (48). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won 3 straight games.
Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> has won 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>: 3-0 SU, 2-0 <\/font>ATS<\/st1:PlaceName>
Penn<\/st1:PlaceName> State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 3-0 SU, 0-3 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Iowa most recently:
When playing in September are 5-5
When playing on grass are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing within the conference are 7-3<\/p>\n

Penn State most recently:
When playing in September are 8-2
When playing on grass are 8-2
After outgaining opponent are 9-1
When playing within the conference are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Iowa is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Iowa is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Iowa is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Penn State
Iowa is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Penn State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Penn State is 15-2 SU in its last 17 games
Penn State is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Iowa
Penn State is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Iowa<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Iowa<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to Arkansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> State, Saturday, October 3
Penn State at Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Iowa Hawkeyes and the Penn State Nittany Lions will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Beaver Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Nittany Lions listed as 9\u00bd-point favorites versus the Hawkeyes, while the game’s total is sitting at 41. Adam Robinson rushed for 101 yards and a score in … Continue reading ABC College Football Handicapping: Iowa vs Penn State<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}